Summer Camp Theme

MADE FOR THIS

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
– Ephesians 2:10

Our world tells us our identity and our purpose can only be found inside of ourselves. In Ephesians, Paul answers differently. He says we are the handiwork of God! Like a master blacksmith makes tools for a special purpose, God has created each of us with a purpose in mind. We’re made to follow Jesus! We’re made to do the good Jesus has prepared us to do.

Our identity and our purpose come from the outside. When we look within to understand why we are here we will always come up empty-handed and confused. When we look to Jesus to tell us who we are and why we are here we will have clarity and confidence.

Our campers need this clarity and confidence. They need to understand that the only one who can tell them who they are and what they are made for is Jesus. Our desire is for campers to leave IdRaHaJe able to have full confidence in who they are and what their purpose is, and that can only be accomplished when they know Jesus as the King who created them and the Savior who died for them.

To help campers see themselves as God’s handiwork, created in Jesus and created for a purpose, we will explore the stories of Jesus’ first followers. We will learn from their examples that everyone has been created with a purpose and a special design. We will learn that Jesus calls people from all backgrounds to a new purpose and a new life. We will see where these early Jesus followers found their identity and how they understood who they were.

Through these stories we hope to encourage campers to look to Jesus and Jesus alone to discover what they were made for!